January Newsletter - January 9, 2010

News of the Work

On December 20 I was able to give a report of our work to the good brethren of the 7th & Beech congregation in Durant. This congregation has been very good to us and we were happy to worship with them again.

Tomorrow, January 10, I will be giving a report to the brethren in the small rural Arkansas community of King Ryder, another congregation that has been good to support us in many endeavors. In the evening, another great congregation of our supporters, the Lynn Lane church of Christ in Idabel, Oklahoma will host me as I give a report of my work in 2009.

I will be traveling to Denver, Colorado on January 15 for a meeting, returning the next day. On January 27 I leave for a two and one half week stay in Danlí, Honduras. I will be teaching Church Leadership and Psalms while I am there. I return on February 12. Late in May I return to Guatemala City to teach a one week short course there. I do not have a specific date or subject yet, but later in the year I am excited to announce that I will be traveling to the Himalayas to teach in our new school in Katmandu, Nepal. I will pass along more details as they are known.

I am also still scheduling report and fund raising trips in the meantime. Thank you all for your continued support.

Personal News

I trust that everyone has had a wonderful holiday season. My family traveled to spend Christmas with my parents and sister and had a good visit. We did have some adventure on the way back home, however. You may know of the Christmas blizzard that struck Oklahoma City, and much of the rest of the state this year. Just outside of Henryetta, Oklahoma I lost control of our car when I hit chunk of ice frozen in place, which through us into a spin. We wound up in the ditch, but thankfully there were no injuries; the car wasn’t even dented. We spent the next two hours, however, waiting for a wrecker to pull us out. Later in the evening, we were stuck behind a jack-knifed semi for a little over 45 minutes. The driving conditions were terrible; in fact, when we were not stopped, we could drive little more than 35 or 40 miles per hour. Normally, the drive is four and one half hours. On that day, it took us nine. We were very thankful to arrive home safely and for the prayers lifted up on our behalf during our journey.

If you would like any further information about our work, I encourage you to contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Also, you can visit our website at: www.WeTrainPreachers.com.

A new source of information specifically dealing with the extension program is a new blog: http://extensiontraining.wordpress.com.

You may contact me at:
2013 Rushing Meadows
Edmond, OK 73013
Cell Phone: (580) 326-1914


...praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ... (Colossians 4:3).

Thank you and God bless you all.

Donnie Bates